CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)

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A BLUE AND WHITE EWER WITH SILVER MOUNTS
CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)
Made for the Dutch market, the pear-shaped ewer is raised on a waisted pedestal foot and decorated with a scene of scholars drinking wine in a landscape setting below a band of leafy tulip sprays on the shoulder and further sprays on the waisted neck which rises to a spouted rim, and the curved handle is decorated with flames. The silver cover is fully marked on the inside, probably Dutch Haarlem, 18th century, and the thumb-piece is in the form of a standing peacock.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Christie's New York, 21 March 2002, lot 182.

Lot Essay

Blue and white wares of this type were made for the Dutch market, and a similar ewer or 'wine' jug, also with silver mounts, can be seen in a Dutch seventeenth century still-life painting by S. Luttichuys (1610-1661) illustrated by Dr. A. I. Spriggs, 'Oriental Porcelain in Western Paintings, 1450-1700', T.O.C.S., 1964-66, vol. 36, pp. 73-87, pl. 71c.

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